The Eskatron Imperative for example allows you to take Legion Destroyer Squads and Dreadwing Interemptor Squads as Troops choices however there is no longer a requirement to fulfil your compulsory choices with such units, nor is there any requirement to mount all your units in Transports either. For the most part (and this is common across the majority of the Legion specific Rites of War) the bonuses have been toned down in power somewhat and the limitations are not as restrictive. The Dark Angels are almost spoilt for choice with six different options! Most of them will look for familiar to returning players but there have been some changes. They provide small bonuses in addition to some small drawbacks or limitations. Rites of War can be used to further customise your army and allow you to lean in to a particular playstyle or theme. But that’s not all, the Warlord also gains an additional Reaction during the opponent’s Assault Phase! This trait provides a WS and BS boost for your Warlord when targeting a preselected faction of your choice for a single turn of your choice. There are two Dark Angels Warlord Traits that you’re able to choose from, my favourite being Seneschal of the Keys. If the test is passed, the unit gains the Fearless and Fear(2) special rules until the end of the next turn! If you fail the test you’ll instead gain the Stubborn and Fear(1) rule instead which is a nice consolation prize. When used, the Dark Angel’s player must make a Leadership test using the lowest leadership characteristic in the unit. A Dark Angels force can use their Angels of Death Advanced Reaction in response to an opponent’s unit charging one of their own. Each of the Advanced Reactions have a specific trigger which determines how and when they can be used. Advanced reactions build on this mechanic and provide additional unique options to the different Legions. Reactions are a new mechanic in this edition of the Horus Heresy game and allow the player to play a more active role during their opponents turn, moving, shooting and even charging with their units in response to their opponent’s actions. The Ironwing Hexagrammation for example allows a unit to re-roll hit rolls of 1 when tagetting vehicles whereas the Firewing option grant the unit a +1 to wound bonus when targeting a unit that contains an Independent Character.Īs mentioned above, each Legion also gains access to a unique Advanced Reaction. You may choose different Hexagrammation Sub-types for each unit. The Legiones Astartes (Dark Angels) special rule forces you to pick a Hexagrammation Sub-type from a list of six for each Legiones Astartes (Dark Angels) unit in your army. Most units in your army will have the Legiones Astartes (x) special rule and so will benefit from the unique bonuses it provides. Each Legion has a general rule which applies to the majority of Dark Angels models in your army, a sort of Legion ‘trait’ or ‘attribute’ under the heading Legiones Astartes (x) special rule. Some rules, such as Mastery of the Blade and Inviolate and Alone are gone however the Hexagrammation rules return, albeit in a slightly different format.
There is a lot that will be familiar to players of the previous edition of the game and yet, there are also quite a few changes as well.
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